Between Christmas and Rallye.

In the morning with a very conciliatory mood. Menton unleashed it. And Thanksgiving actually went on all day. This is an incredible beauty.

MC, on the one hand, is liquidating the remnants of Christmas, on the other hand, spaces, lighting, etc. are being built for rallye.

When the world is over – I want to be here.

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Nothing news in Nice

This demonstration stopped traffic on the Promenade des Anglais for a quarter of an hour. So I was looking forward to the slow start of the convoy. Yes, but only P. Nothing at all.

If the owner of a Range Rover from GBJ follows our blog, he can make sure that the car on Nice-CdA is OK.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             


Woche mit 47 (-6) Länder. Nice heute nur 1 Punkt (GBJ). Sonst alles haben wir im MC gehabt. Gegenüber Vorwoche fehlte an TR, MNE, M, FL und vorallem MA. Ich denke zum erstenmal Nice ohne MA. Und auch die Punkte von Cannes.

 

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UK? Qatar? Guernsey?

So I hope someone competent will write to me. And it’s possibly UK “6OO”? And are O and 0 the same? As you know, I just followed up on the childhood years when it was collected. We said write down. And the only clue was a list of ovals. Half the world looked like a GB, but the great oval of amazing states shone there.
In this case, in my opinion, unfortunately, the UK predominates.

   

But I’ve also seen Q with 3 numbers.                                                                                             

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I probably talked to the RUS ambassador to the UA.

 

How often it happens to me. I hit the right spot. The owner tells me: Ukraine CD. So what? Maybe DMR or LDR? Or TJ? Or complete nonsense?


As I look, the sign is AL. Not that UA trident.

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The borders still remain open.

F / I boundaries. Last year, the covid was 10 times less, but only crossed arms at the border: Fermé. The only thing is certain. covid does what he wants. Perhaps except for masks, everything is completely useless. How much the closures cost, curfews, and it was useless anyway. Now money is flowing from farm companies, so they are forcing us to vaccinate. It is as useless as all of the previous.


In a restaurant in the harbor, seagulls attacked the guests – so they bought a black eagle. Probably the only thing she’s afraid of.

Lance Armstrong didn’t show up? He stayed here a lot. By Bono in Eze. Porsche 906 Carrera 6, 1966, Le Mans. Segond opened a new Porsche store. So I came to see the gem.

In Prague 5, escalators recently changed on Anděl. A year and a half, one of the two exits was closed. Here they do it a little smarter and therefore faster.

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Today, the life has returned to normal

Schools opened, the last tourists left, the spark returned. It was nice after a long time.         

I evaluated this mini Lp in the hundredth of a second two days ago as “1st level of alert”.

The first AND returned. Yesterday day 1 without AND. And what overtook me on the way to the station?

 

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Everything again in the evening

On “Les Légendes du Ciel” (Ondra CZF wrote that so far out of the planned 20, about 4 were produced) the disc was probably slightly soiled. Thus ended up in the famous Protec Monte-Carlo. Otherwise, I will start the daily boredom with Foret Noir.

Again at the very end – Lp. GBZ, DZ, MD etc.

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Monaco is slowly returning

Christmas markets are being cleared. So soon. Last year we held Christmas until mid-January. Reason. Rallye Monte Carlo . This year, perhaps for the first time, everything here. (Formerly just the start and finish.) Even the service zone at this point. Toyota, Hyundai and Ford factory teams registered. So maybe everything will turn out well.


Then there was so little that I went to the pharmacy in Cap d’Ail. And when I was there, I could go even further. I climbed about 200 meters above sea level. However, with the approaching evening, it was already beginning to be terribly cold. So I gave it up and down to the heat.                                                                                                                                               

In the port  lambo 8AX- so I asked the boys where Lp is from. Slovakia, I received answers. Aah, I played dumb.
And at 18 Day just started. San Marino and Canada. Here exclusively French Quebec.


I peeked into my beautiful memories. About a lot of catches at the end of the last non-covid year 2019. And the reality surprised me. 53 states/week. Like now. And except for 3 GBM and RKS (so far the only one here) nothing.                                                                           

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Not a day without Guernsey

This was not caused by a fetishized vandal like in Prague. You see the culprit in the background. What their sight and smell and dexterity in flight.

I love Nice. I also. Privately great praise for this stand for cyclists. And here they have the biggest oranges on the CdA.

 

B, L, D, etc. disappeared, DZ arrived. The only ferry from Nice on the horizon. In Corsica. I always forget time. I would go see the departure.

You can still take the TGV to Paris at 7.17 pm. 800 km. And at half past nine sitting on a glass of wine in Paris. In our country, only trains with workers to district cities of approx. 30 km. They wouldn’t get anywhere else until midnight.

Monaco Friday 36, Cannes yesterday 34, Nice 35.


If you are in France, don’t forget to try Buchette Foret Noir. I already knew from my looks that it would be good. But the inside of it was full of cherries like Mon Cheri candies. I’ve never eaten anything delicious.                                                                                                           


Tour Rekord Woche. 53 (+6). Nur NMK fehlte. Aber viele Punkten schon früher gesehene. Z.B.KWT,AUS aus Cannes usw. Trotzdem verhältnissmässig ein Wahnsinn.

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Cannes, first catches 2022

Half of this street belonged to KWT, the other side of the GBZ. Unfortunately, the GBZ´s disappeared. Everywhere. UK very little. GBM does not exist. Only Guernsey GBG remained loyal to us.

Our acquaintances AL from MC. They were not accommodated at the Hotel de Paris. They were successful here.

Carlton is still fixing himself. At least they put historical photos on the fence. The hotel is now perhaps 20 m shifted to the sea. It now has about 4 places for cars. Those were the times! Before everything was destroyed by ryanairs and car rentals.

 

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Plates and cars spotters had the same top today

       

I went looking for the top catch. On the Place only spotters looking sadly into the unknown. Experience has been a success. A hidden gem on the second try. First spot of this Bugatti Chiron Sport. This is a limited series of 20 pieces. Speed 420. Price 18.2 million USD. Directly this is on the official Bugatti.com website.


PF 2022

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San Marino and Tifosi saved the day

One of the victims of Tuesday’s maneuvres. BMW W. He ended up in the parking lot of decommissioned cars. Because of Lp?
I remembered all day how the RSM and the GBM rode at this time. And also how much I liked the trip in RSM.
Never take pictures of the police in the MC. It is strictly forbidden.100% of the territory is under cameras. Even if you take a photo behind your back, they will immediately get it on the intercom. I took the distance from tonight. The end of CZ lambo.

Today a lot of CZ. 2x AL. New face recognition device. Everyone must appear in front of this display before entering the Hotel de Paris. After a few sec. turned green to everyone.
And at the Place today a celebration of Italy and Ferrari. This euphoria will easily infect me. Only one country in the world can rejoice in this way. If you do not live in Maranello or Sta. Agatha you won’t see anything like that, I guess a lot of these enthusiastic admirers saw Ferrari for the first time.

I wish Russia that the West keeps its promises and does not extend to the RUS borders. Even from us, certain politicians went to Kiev on Maidan to disperse the Ukrainians.


January 2019: Trip from Bologna to San Marino. A wonderful memory.                            Great nostalgic. Empty, mysterious. You see the mountains, the sea.

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In Juan-les-Pins they have the finest sand

Start Antibes. Today the route through Bord de Mer.                                                                     

And in Antibes the most azure sea. Crossing over Cap d’Antibes. La Petit plage, but absolutely shockingly large parking lot. View of Nice and snowy mountains.

Villa on top of Cap. The real luxury starts on the west side, the lespins. Hotel Cap-Eden-Roc. Probably the best hotel on CdA.

Everything on the beach in “Žolipé” after noon. Absolutely amazing fine sand. The finest variety that sand has. I let myself be lulled, I have a good place with a bench. I’ll stay here.

  

Everything that was collected during the semester went away. I expect last year’s script. Before Christmas, spotting defacto ended. I only pray for the Monte Carlo Rally and the RMC historique. I left prematurely country Nr. 1 in covid. I’m back now.


Hotel Roc Eden Cap – a secret hiding place for stars from the Cannes Film Festival

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The police got the visitors under control


Today first to Italy. Although Italy is officially closed, there is a loop. Does not apply to a visit for a few hours. The road for cigarettes remains clear. Last year, I had to pay Mr. Macron 5€ for his (rather predecessors) immigration policy.
I haven’t read it anywhere, but I think: Italy has allowed the French police to check the train in Ventimiglia (I). But the regular one in Menton-Garavon also remained. And it’s even third. In Cap Martin-Roquebruine or Cap d´Ail. This is for those who have already come out of the holes. Well, no one has dug through the ceiling, as happened to me 2 years ago. And France in return allowed shopping at the border.                                                         

Lunch normally in MC. Some huge birds the next day. I have no clue. Turkey? Hen? They probably didn’t sell it. Next time I’ll tell them they’d rather give me a full bowl of Gratin (baked potatoes with cream – great! Definitely better than the meat that even a seagull showed lukewarm interest in. Drink today from I- Chino!                                                           

The influx of partly very unruly “tourists” from F and I intensified. At noon, about after the meeting, hundreds of police officers take to the streets and maneuvers begin. Fine for veils, all F cars are taken away. A police car in front, then a culprit’s car driven by a police officer and a motorcycle in the back. All with lighthouses. So the owner rode around Monaco like Princier. But I think it would be cheaper to rent an RR with a driver. In some places, the street was blocked by so many police that I preferred to get down cowardly and walk the bike around the in park.
MC police are 100% French, so they know who to stop. Whom-he paid unmistakably. The MC has 5,000 citizens and the police of 3,500 members. Not for the citizens and residents of the MC, but precisely for their safety from the guests of the No-Go zone.


 

I’m going to the exhibition tonight. Rainier III. and his dream in his head. New city at sea. Today we know that it has become a reality. Fontvielle. Headquarters of many high-tech companies, shopping center, logistics center, Stade Luis etc. etc.

This is what MC looked like in 1900. You see the station, yes, I hid under the bridge from the rain yesterday, where the train used to go is the main road today. And the station disappeared deep into the rock. There is a tunnel of 5 km at least for both tents.               

Rainier III. with son Albert II. after the construction of the quay. 3 floors below sea level are garages where dealers park new cars. So Astons, ferraris, lambo … You would look in vain for a Renault or Škoda store in MC.                                                                                       

And then you go out and see the MC today. Nothing occurred to me but going up to Rocher to pay homage to Rainier and Grace in the cathedral. The cathedral was just closing, but tourists everywhere. Mainly in the Musée oceanographique. Nice, quiet with children. No, not all tourists are the same. So sometime next time. But there is a wonderful view of Rainer’s Fontvielle.                                                                                             


And the final inspection of the center. I’m already looking forward to a normal MC, the return of residents, the opening of shops and car repairs, etc.                                               

This is the garage of the Hotel de Paris. Half. They push here those who can’t stand standing in front of the hotel. The ones they are ashamed of.


Do you see how many windows light up at 6 p.m.? How many people remained? 5%?

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The number of tourists is slowly increasing

I always chose between a bike and an umbrella on rainy days. It works together. I didn’t shut up at all and saw everything. Centrale under bridge.                                                           

It was with great pleasure that I found corners where I had never been before. Then a travel moped at the rectory. The sight of Lp took my breath away. My imagination immediately went to Dahome, for example. Or at least Japan. The poor traveler went to a hot dinner. However, everything is clear to the French right away.

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Where are the Monegasque? At the airport in Nice.

 

Another downpour awaits the CdA tomorrow. It should start on Tuesday.


47 Länder diese Woche. Also -4. Ursache wir können. Alles dabei ausser MNE. Saudia is weggefahren und selbst Nice hat diesmal nicht MA u. DZ besorgt.

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Today is a tough holiday

A downpour arrived today. At 14 the radar announces the end. In MC, everything is still in deep decline. Mainly that the rain washed the table.                                                                       It’s so empty it’s mystical. I imagine they’re all done with covid, and the abandoned yachts, cars, buildings are left.
The right time to go see the park.                                                                                                      Nothing could happen better than a Czech colleague arriving. So we had a lot of time to break everything down. He was also on F1. Photos, but I had better content and technique. He rolls me over what he brought. Behind the Range Rover, he has a trailer and all these amazing two-wheelers and tricycles on it. But in the end I pulled out a joker. I have a remote-controlled tail light. So I really got him.

It was a warm, balmy evening like in the Czech Republic in the summer.

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MC: License plate of Liberia

Liberia LB , blog Premiere as 117th states and 83th 2021 (2020=82)                                          Apparently it’s not a CD, but tempor with a CD. See this photo from LB.


                                         

Notice how much the French Christmas dinner costs. There is a price tag.
The first NMK on the tour.                                                                                                                   


Monaco has the second highest  population per m². Surprisingly, it is the most empty city. Without traditional Christmas rushes and queues. They check vaccinations at the Christmas markets – so they are empty. From the whole MC, this is the last place I would like to see.                                                                                                                                                  Otherwise, the MC introduced the following measures in the first days of covid: masks everywhere. And Mc Donalds closed. Nothing has changed since almost 2 years. In winter in summer. Only when France introduced the terrible curfews did the MC always have an hour +.
CZ changed the measures about 23,457 times at that time.

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African year confirmed

I spilled coffee on a sacred marble table (and soiled it) around which F1 heroes have been flying for decades. Then he took care of the birds until a beautiful expedition landrover FL with a very low two-line Lp passed by. So the mood slowly started to leave me. I returned to the game when an NL truck called out to me, “Where’s the Monaco Logistics Center?” I call: “Fontivielle” and wave my hand back. He slapped his forehead, it was clear to him now. I tell myself, a reward could come for a good deed.


And I haven’t forgotten about Fontivielle. Deep into the pit, deep underground, where again, despite the polite glances, they are probably not glad that I discovered them. And there …!!! The owner by the car. I dare to take 2 pictures and disappear up. In daylight, I take off my mask, I need air, to exhale all this                                                                                   After BW, CI, BF just…Year 2021 better than 2020!


It’s going to rain tomorrow – so nothing will happen. See you tomorrow with…                                                                                                                  And the rain washes the spilled coffee.


Church of Sainte Dévote, the oldest and most sacred place in Monaco. From the 10th century.

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Today a three-course lunch. Then fast.

 

In the evening I meet Czech bikers. They are waiting for a third colleague. MC poilicie stopped him, because the exhaust was too noisy. Typical Czechs. No discipline and circumvention. No.1 victims in the Alps. They were still lucky to have survived waiting at the bus stop without intervention. I suspect they will be waiting a long time for a colleague. I, too, arrived for the first time at that half-savage. Today I know that everything here must be not 99% of regulations, but 100%.

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Today for lunch Malta

Mainly get it right away. When they cross me, no one will take it from me. And when I fly away with the prey, the pursuers steal it from me.

Yesterday’s mystery clarified. Not F, I, not even GE. Slovakia SK.


At 16 I’m going to Menton. Eliminate a few problems with the bike. In addition, I got a tail light with turn signals. And all this on the remote control from the handlebars!
MC check-up for 1 hour after dinner. Beautiful TN work foreign and M after dinner.           

 

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Something only happened in the first and last minute

The man from the Can-Am motorcycle asked me in English to take a picture of him. He obviously wanted to keep talking. I’d rather look at Lp -BE (CH) and say if he speaks German too. Yes he spoke and we found the topic quickly. When he suddenly started speaking Czech and I really didn’t understand anything for a few seconds. I finally asked about that moment. Well, they said I put the Czech word in there.                                          Then nothing happened all day. It wasn’t until the last minute before he left for the station that he passed this. No black RUS, no F (no dash), not a UK font at all …


I was nervous all day about the arrival of the transport from AND. From AND drives the complete, highest automotive sky. January 2021.

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Purely French Sunday. Tourists only from the Maghreb.

It is interesting to observe the French. They have such a special charm. France is    Europe’s last hope. Nice today Dimanche.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               


Woche brachte wieder viele Länder. 51 (-1).  Nur ohne NMK u. MNE.


In front of the Russian Cathedral on Rue de Nicolas II, it burst at the seams. Lp to see: F, RUS,D, I, NL, MC, LV, EST, LT, FL..I will never miss a visit. Young people, children. A healthy nation. Tradition and common sense.
In the MC, they read fairy tales from those balls of light. In French, Italian, English and Russian. Captivating.


Yeah, and don’t go to the airport. Not even GB there anymore. There is nothing left.

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Everything is gradually closing. We will feel it.

Italy closed off from the world on Wednesday. France requires about 5 vaccinations for travelers from the UK and a PCR certificate not older than about 2 hours. Austria is closing its gates from Monday.                                                                                                                         

I’m resting in Menton. Before the evening check of the Place du Casino. To see what happens after 7 p.m.


Back in MC. There are 4 roads from the station. And then it branches off. I’m heading straight to the center. That elevator will take you min. 50 m higher. My ears always lie down. And we are at the center of things.                                                                                                                                         

Gibraltar is also on parade                                                                                                       

 

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The best in conclusion

I sometimes wonder how intelligent these seagulls are. It’s more that they prefer to peel prepared, flavored food than to eat raw fish. Here he knows it’s a bus lane, so he watches if I offer him anything.                                                                                                                              

The entire collection (ca.12pcs.) Of Soviet motorsport is covered with dust. Who knows where the owner is.

Ferrari 250 GT Lusso.  2 million € just on the street. You can only experience it here. Year 1963-1964. 361 pieces produced. How many are left today?
A chill ran down my spine (as we say about something that absolutely excites us) still at the station.

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Satisfied boys from a happy country arrived

Jurij Kosiuk, a food magnate, and Kuwait KWT arrived. The boys were glad to welcome them to MC. I can speak languages, I’d talk. I remembered our teacher in Dubai. As the director once gave the order, what the children wear for a snack. That was an absolutely incredible amount. They had to confiscate it. I laughed that she admitted that she took some things Red Bull, etc. home.

Kosiuk arrived to sell the yacht. They don’t like photos in the Aston / MC workshop. Well, if it’s nothing more important than UAE Export, that’s enough.

Lamborghini Monaco is already open. They’ve even sold the green STO. And they promptly replaced it with blue.
The wall of the sea grows at the rate of the floor / day. And in the houses opposite, one floor saw the sea for the last time every day.

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Antibes, Juan les Pins- an inconspicuous charm

Short stop Beaulieu and Nice. Almost everything left, nothing was added. The same Antibes. But it is very captivating.

Behind the hill Juan les Pins. If there is a really important meeting – then here.

From Pins back to Antibes. The hill is crossed – Cap d´Antibes rises from here. Exactly the moment when the day ends and the evening begins. It’s quiet, I’m going down. The left eye monitors traffic, the right Lp. When there is a sudden blow, a man on the ground. He lies motionless, only purple darkness. After a while, it rises – everything seems to be going well.

The magic of the evening Antibes goes back with me.

 

 

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A single catch. And it’s not visible.

First steps to Boulangerie as always. And in front of him is MA. My poor Sony is thinking. So what is it? Should I turn on the sun view? Or twilight?                                   

Seagull prey handed over voluntarily. Today’s meal was 1/5 gratin and 4/5 chicken. I suspect that when something ends, the expiration date comes from that. Otherwise, I can’t imagine that they can give 1/2 kg of chicken.


From the most famous times of Monaco                                                                               

The famous 60s. Prince Rainier II. marries a world movie star, now Princess Gracia Patricia. The Société des Bains de Mer, to which the Casino belongs, all the famous hotels and half of Monaco was controlled by the Greek shipowner Aristotelles Onassis. He devoted more than his personal relationship to the famous opera singer Maria Callas and others. For example, at the Hotel de Paris, people first started bringing food home, then hotel facilities. With the help of a bunch of Swiss lawyers, you are raising shares to get SBDM back. The lawsuits lasted for ten years, but Monaco won them all.
Gianni Agnelli, a playboy and owner of Fiat, was a frequent guest of the emerging global jet creamer. Here at Riva Aquarama, according to Clarkson, the most beautiful product that has ever seen the light of day. A few of them park in the harbor today.

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Today the winner is Monaco

Monaco MC , Tempor Tourist Premiere                                                                                                       It’s not open yet, but I’ve been inside. The first Lamborghini store in MC will open soon. Until now, he was only in the neighboring Cap d’Ail. There are four grocery stores in MC, 3 Ferrari brand stores and now finally Lambo. Supermodels Sto and Sian are ready to open.  The price of this Sian is 3,750,000 € in the base. Only 63 pieces will be created!


Red Bull ti dává křííídla.                                                                                                                         

foto 1,2: Red Bull Twitter     

                                                                                              

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The best news has come now: Verstappen is the F1 world champion

Cannes
Pure euphoria from the noon beauty still without people.                                                                  Gare de Cannes – à bientôt.


Unerwartet gute Woche 52 (+-0). Und das ohne BIH, MK, MNE.


I am extremely happy (I did not believe) that the world champion is Max Verstappen, a racer and not Lewis Hamilton, a political activist. I very much welcome the fact that the championship was won by a nice Honda and not Mercedes, a giant that produces cars mainly for very dubious existences. I am very glad that the knight, as his predecessors were, won again.                                                                                                                                 

Congratulations to Max Verstappen, to the more 10,000 Dutch who arrived to encourage to A.D. and the whole of the Netherlands.

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